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QwQ 32B API Pricing
Deprecated: QwQ 32B was removed from Alibaba Model Studio's International pricing page (verified 2026-07-11) - the QwQ line is superseded by the Qwen3 reasoning models. Still open-weight (Apache 2.0) for self-hosting; its last-listed hosted rates were $0.287/M input and $0.861/M output, retained for reference.
Input - per 1M tokens
$0.287/M
Source Alibaba Cloud flat
Output - per 1M tokens
$0.861/M
Context 131K flat
Cache N/A
$0.287/M
Cache not listed not listed
Effective - agentic blend
$0.333/M
92/8 split - no cache
§ 01 / TERMINAL
QwQ 32B API cost calculator.
Live calculator pre-loaded with current QwQ 32B rates. Tweak spend, output mix, or cache assumptions and share the URL to share the calculation.
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§ 02 / SCENARIOS
QwQ 32B cost on real workloads.
REASONING
Math solution
$0.0056/problem
RAG
Policy analysis
$0.021/query
AGENT
Research branch
$0.030/task
CHATBOT
Expert answer
$0.00192/turn
Calibrated · measured on the vendor's tokenizer · 2026-06-10 Auto-counts as you type
Counts use a chars-per-token calibration measured on the vendor's own published tokenizer (Qwen/Qwen3.5-397B-A17B, 2026-06-10). English prose is typically within a few percent; code and non-Latin scripts tokenize heavier. For billing-exact counts use the vendor's count-tokens API.
Characters 413
Words 64
Tokens (estimated) 79 tokens
Cost as input · uncached $0.00002 USD
Cost as output · uncached $0.00007 USD
| Model | Input /M | Output /M | Effective blended | Context | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QwQ 32B Current | $0.287 | $0.861 | $0.333 agentic 92/8 | 131K | Open reasoning on a budget |
| Qwen3 Max | $1.20 | $6.00 | $1.58 retired | 252K | Frontier Qwen proprietary reasoning |
| Qwen 3.5 Plus | $0.40 | $2.40 | $0.56 +68% | 1M | General Qwen production workloads |
| Qwen 3.5 Flash | $0.10 | $0.40 | $0.124 −2.7× | 1M | Cheap long-context Qwen traffic |
| Qwen3 Coder Plus | $1.00 | $5.00 | $1.32 retired | 1M | Agentic coding and code review |
| Qwen3 Coder Flash | $0.30 | $1.50 | $0.396 +19% | 1M | High-volume coding assistants |
| QwQ Plus | $0.80 | $2.40 | $0.928 retired | 131K | Proprietary reasoning workloads |
| Qwen3 235B A22B | $0.70 | $2.80 | $0.868 retired | 131K | Open MoE reasoning baseline |
| GPT-6.1 Terra | $1.00 cache $0.05 | $5.00 | $0.645 +94% | 1.05M | OpenAI's fast, efficient GPT-6 tier |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | $0.75 cache $0.075 | $3.75 | $0.481 +44% · promo | 1M | Low-latency multimodal RAG |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | $0.30 cache $0.006 | $1.20 | $0.15 −2.2× | 1M | Ultra-cheap API throughput |
QwQ 32B API pricing FAQ.
Practical pricing questions, separated from calculator assumptions and regional tiers.
Q · 01 What is QwQ 32B priced at? +
QwQ 32B is shown at
$0.287/M input and $0.861/M output on Alibaba Cloud Model Studio's International/Singapore deployment section.Q · 02 Does this page include higher context pricing tiers? +
The quote tiles use the baseline tier for the queue. Alibaba publishes higher long-context tiers for some Qwen rows; for example Qwen3 Coder Plus rises above the 0-32K band, and Qwen3 235B A22B has a separate thinking-mode output price where applicable.
Q · 03 Is prompt caching priced separately? +
QwQ 32B is listed in the QwQ open-source section at
$0.287/M input and $0.861/M output. Alibaba does not list a cache-read price or free quota for this row.Q · 04 How is the effective price calculated? +
AI//COST uses the same 92/8 agentic blend everywhere. With no exact cache-read dollar price published for this row, QwQ 32B's effective blended cost is
$0.33/M.Q · 05 Is there a free quota or batch discount? +
Alibaba lists a 90-day activation free quota for many International Qwen rows, but not every open-source row includes one. Batch and context-cache support are model-specific; this page only publishes prices that are explicit in the vendor table.
Q · 06 Are regional prices different? +
Yes. Alibaba Cloud publishes separate International, Global, China (Hong Kong), EU, US, and Chinese Mainland deployment sections. AI//COST uses the International/Singapore baseline for Alibaba queue pages unless the page says otherwise.